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Garden Nasturtium
Garden Nasturtium
Tropaeolum majus
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Montane forest
Range
South America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Garden Nasturtiums are annual or short-lived perennials with disc-shaped leaves and brilliant yellow, orange or red flowers. They are of cultivated, probably hybrid origin, and are not closely related to the genus Nasturtium.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Tropaeolaceae
Genus
Tropaeolum
Species
Tropaeolum majus